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Very helpful! Thank you.

I wonder why you stripped this helmet of its old paint, as the new one you sprayed is wrong. This is a model 1940, which were never painted feldgrau but slate gray !

Nice ! A pity your two french m 1877 have lost their cover... I love how you describe the color of the soviet canteen, here in France we call it "goose shit green" ! Just two precisions about your french canteens if I may : the small one contains ONE litre, not half a litre, the big one contains two litres, a world record I think (compare with the german canteen and its 0,7 litre...). Both were adopted in 1877, the difference being the small one was used in mainland France and the big in Africa (I think you guessed why). The small one was the only one used during the first months of WW1, but from 1915 on, the big one was given to all the foot troops fighting in Europe (mounted troops had a specific model). Many soldiers carried two 2 litres canteens, one for water, one for wine mixed with water, not to mention captured german canteens, very appreciated to carry strong alcohol... the big one was still used during WW2 with a new khaki cover, but it is by no means typical from WW2, as a new model, with a single neck, and still containing two litres, was introduced in 1935. Maybe you'll find one someday, it was used throughout the war and even during the Indochina war

Nice collection of rather basic helmets in not a such good condition for most of them, and there would be a lot to say... regarding finnish helmets, I've never heard they made new ones (and what for, there were plenty of german helmets at the end of the war !), and anyway, before buying some in the early 50's, they used almost everything Germany used itself during the war. So I believe his one is a good german M. 1940. The french M. 1926, hum, what should I say... the paint isn't original (maybe 1944-45 overpaint, though the shade looks too light for the period) and he insignia is post-war made. The liner and the chinstrap are horrible reproductions, never saw such ugly things ! About the two belgian M. 1915, both have been repainted, and I thing yoou paid too high a price for the shell. I found one with its original paint and chinstrap on eBay some 10 years ago for 70 euros... the second you're talking about, with what we call here in France "gaufrettes" ("waffles", because of their shape), is a model made in the 20's by the Fonson company, the main difference being the visor and neck parts are made together in one piece when the standard Adrian is made of two parts. Very nice american m 1917, love it ! But it seems you don't know how to make a difference between a british made and an american made helmet... yes, the first helmets produced in Britain, the Brodie type, had a sharp edge, but they very quickly switched to the added edge, copied by the US. There are two things that make a difference between the two : on the british made helmet, the felt pad had a rubber ring glued to the shell under it, the US hadn't. And the chinstrap bales of the british made were fixed wit split rivets, when the US made had plain rivets. Forget this story of raw edge, most of WW1 british helmets you can find now have also this added edge !

I’m surprised he didn’t mention Mid Way

I love your videos! Very helpful! I am a newer re-enacter and I didn’t know where to get most of these items. Keep making these awesome videos! Thank you!

aight gotta ask, what's the difference between a haversack, knapsack tornister? like i've seen backpacks that looks almost exactly the same be referred by one of the two, hell my own country has a model which in english would be a knapsack even tho it's almost exactly like the old German tornisters with a wooden frame

Will this not damage the aluminium coating? Another question; is there any coating on the old ww2 canteens?

Hello, hopefully you would answer after 3 years😅. I have bought belgian m31 helmet and on the inside are 8 number like on your helmet. Those numbers are 110 21710. As you said, 110 would be regiment number. Unfortunatly i cannot find any list or any other informations of regiment codes. Now my question is, how did you find out what regiment "125" means? Hopefully you could help. Thank you, with regards, Michal

great video man , well explained.

yup, cool stuff. i got like 3 original Wehrmacht belts. one of them was actually pulled from the ground, with the clip gone. but i did manage to give it some life, put it in water, then conditioner. now, it has no stitches, and i can actually see how the thing was cut originally. i think the ends can be pressure cut with some metal sheet (may be tuna can) bent into correct shape. and the stitching holes were pierce with some sort small diamond shaped tool.

Just got one of these for 10 pound off eBay Looks epic Love wool

funny if you visited the city were the can was from nearly one week ago xD

Do you have any item where you buy these items?

where did you get info about the bonnet du police piping colours?

I have a pretty rusty one but both decals are still visable along with some original paint. How much would that be worth?

Hey I know I’m a little late on this video but I have a question. How do you take care of your leather gear besides your boots? I’m sick of my belt being so stiff and having an unused look, same goes for my k98 pouches, my y straps, and any other leather equipment I have. Do I dub them or use mink oil? If you could give me your opinion I would appreciate it!

I started collecting when I was 13 and I collect ww2 and ww1 stuff I like like 6 all German sadly cus that’s all I can afford but are there any good sites for original stuff other than war end shop?

nice thanks for the video

Would it be considered offensive for a person who isn’t a veteran to wear one of these jackets casually or for work wear?

I tired anything and mine will not clean I used 2 types of soap hot water baking soda and vinegar I don’t know why

Hey boss is it possible to ship over to New Zealand trouble finding any thing here or to ship here

You dont look tall enough to be a german soldier

Other than not dying the boots you did an excellent job

miss the videos! you’re still my favorite militaria youtuber. I hope life has been treating you okay.

is gavin militaria down for anyone else? I get zen_session error when I open their website.

Funny thing is I have a airsoft plastic version of this same cover same band and lining

Sweet collection… I store mine with the caps off, it helps reduce the internal corrosion.

Sewing kits were also very useful and should be a must for most if not all reenactors

Excuse me I appear to have accidentally stolen your name I was going to make a history channel I completely understand if you dont want me to film due to the name currently

Compared to the ones from that era you’d say sizing is the same ?? & also I see smallest is either 36-38 but measurements are 19-22 in chest are they meant to be like that , similar to that of a parka sizing ??

I've been casually getting into WW2 German to do Blue Division. ATF comes highly recommended, but they seem to be continually out of stock, going back to several years ago (pre COVID) when I was thinking of doing US WW2. I hit 'em up recently (6/24) and, yep, a lot of "Sold Out" on German tunics except for odd sizes like 'small/short'. I had people say Military Harbour, a Chinese outfit, is good. I'm currently waiting on my German HBT tunic & pants from them. They made 'em in a week & a half, but delivery might take a month. By the by I had bought a pair of German wool pants from Man the Line which seemed good, but their jackets are weirdly sized, bouncing from 44 for M, to 48 for L. When I asked them if that was correct ("No size 46??" ie one size up from what I wear) they confirmed: No size 46. So I sent the pants back. Glad I'm not in a rush to build the overall kit, lol. And that's the view from this reporter.

I’v got one of these wonderful rifles which was in an excellent condition. The bolt seemed to be little unstable and loose while it is in the rifle but it shoot really nicely. I haven’t use use m48 before so i just wanted to know if this is normal or not! Thanks

0:56 Material: 100% cotton, polychloride coated. Carrying frame: 100% polyester.

maximum load capacity ? (kg)

I bought my Original m40 heer at a antique shop for cheap

I got the same hungary military Canteen to and a mess kit with it and its realy good

Nice Germany kit!

I think the tall boots would have been worn with knee high socks.

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thanks man

Great video I am the 100th like lol

I got my grandfathers paratroopers helmet authenticated got a offer for 6200 that was like 9-10 years ago

Where does one get some of these ?

I’m 11 and I’m starting to build my impression this was helpful

Awesome canteen collection and loads of valuable information for collectors! Thanks!

I would agree with earlier comments, that you need to stop the live red rust before pits and eats away your nice collection.

interestingly a single act comitted by German soldiers and field commanders in Belgium may have swayed US disposition in favor of war more than any other. The German Fury of Leuven. In particular the burning of the Leuven university library. a neogothical stately library which was sad enough but inside were tens of thousands of literary sources, the burning of the library destroyed the irreplaceable and as such lead to international outrage. US fundraising actually saw to the reconstruction of the library and above the entry a latin inscription stated "destroyed by German fury, restored with American money" it was removed a year after as the university deemed it needlessly insulting to German academics in large part because the German public could not truly be blamed and Germany had to "replace" the collection with material from it's own libraries (though replacing it is offcourse just plane impossible), What did stay up were the many bronze plaques from american institutions and individual donors, they were also restored after the second destruction of the library early in ww2 in the fighting between German and Brittish troops in and around the city. the new library was designed by an American architect named Whitney Warren in what he envisioned as "Flemish renaissance architecture" the end result was a stunning stately library resembling it's predecesor but with some more modern adaptations internally.

belgium did not allow french troops to enter because that was a major painpoint to the flemish indepence parties and would lead to even more anger among flemish speakers as they were wary of the French (and truth be told many in France still believe Belgium should be part of France entirely) the Brittish were not nearly as controversial but I imagine they were not allowed in because it would cause diplomatic issues (the French would considder it a direct insult even though Britain was still the only official guaranteur of Belgian neutrallity anyway) It is unlikely that it would have changed much however, the Germans were as succesfull as they were in France because the allies had captured the German warplans due to the plane carrying them crashing, the Germans were aware of that and changed them, the allies felt secure in the positions they were occupying and actually took troops from other areas to further reinforce the flemish plateau where the Germans planned to push. In the end the speed of the German advance, initiative by individual commanders and most importantly the daring change of plans caught the allies with their trousers down. In the end taking up positions in Belgium would only have helped if that meant focussing on the ardennes which were deemed to dificult for heavy material to pass anyway. the Belgian army should have invested in "offensive" weaponry, had Belgium operated an effective airforce and at least a couple hundred decent tanks the Germans may have been slowed down in the ardennes giving the allies enough time to actually mount a counteroffensive. the linguistic issues also played a role in hampering militairy effectiveness offcourse sadly the Belgian militairy has not learned. We have 0 tanks